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Chapter 8:

Shiro woke up and touched her wound. There was a bandage around her shoulder. She sighed and got up walking over to the door. That was when Luffy broke through the door and made her fall. "LUFFY!" Chopper, Nami, and Usopp hit him on the head leaving multiply bums on his head. Usopp helped her up. Meanwhile the captain laid down on the ground rubbing his head. The doctor picked up a small little steal bullet and showed her it. "I got it out while you slept."

She took it and put it down. The young girl grabbed the devil fruit and slowly moved it closer to her face. "Shiro?" Nami said. She then took a huge bite out of it which took them by surprise.

Her eyes widened and stuck her tongue out in disgust. "GAH! THAT IS TERRIBLE!" she complained but Arc shoved the whole thing in her mouth. She gulped it all down. Petra left her tongue hanging out from the terrible flavor. Arc chuckled but the others stared at her. "S-shiro? How do you feel?" the long nose sniper asked.

"I feel the same, except for the stupid taste in my mouth." she heard Luffy laugh.

"I can't wait to see what you can do!"

She got up and stretched. Shiro and Arc walked out of the infirmary and saw that they were still at the dock. Not much felt different to her now that she ate the devil fruit. The white haired girl walked over to Robin and asked, "Can you help me buy some clothes? I don't feel like wearing Nami's anymore."

Robin nodded and got up. "We're going into town." she told the captain and the two headed back into the town. Shiro went into a couple of stores Robin suggested to her. Luckily she had lend her some beli to buy clothes. Shiro got out of the last store with two bags. She wasn't like Nami who bought pounds of clothes. When they headed back to the ship, Petra put her clothes in the girl's bedroom. When she walked out, she noticed the captain and Usopp sat on the railing fishing. Petra walked up to them and sat next to Luffy. "Mind me joining in?" she asked.

They shook their heads and Usopp handed her a fishing rod. She threw the bobber into the ocean and watched for fish to peck at it. Slowly, Luffy got tired and soon fell asleep. Soon Usopp did too, but Luffy's head accidentally fell on her shoulder while sleeping. Shiro giggled and left him there. She didn't anything that day but she did get to enjoy the comfort of the captain sleeping on her shoulder. At one moment, she finally felt something tugging on the hook. FINALLY! She began to try and bring the food towards her. "I CAUGHT SOMETHING!" she yelled making the two wake up in a snap.

Usopp and Luffy's eyes turned to stars as she tried to reel in the fish. Shiro was struggling to bring it on board. The captain wrapped his rubber arms around her and tried to help. Soon the fish sprung out of water that made the two fall back. The fish was about the size of her body! It flopped onto the the deck and Usopp held it down. He opened a trap door filled with water and dropped it in.

The two got up and laughed. "We are going to have a big dinner and I can't wait!" Luffy said thinking about the big fish being cooked and seasoned.

Shiro sat down on a chair and slowly fell asleep sitting down. No one bothered to wake her up until it was time to eat.

Later:

Shiro was waken up by Zoro who was trying to get her up for dinner. When she was up, she walked into the dinning area to see the crew had already started eating. The young girl sat with Franky and Arc. Her stomach wasn't really telling her that she was hungry. So she just kinda sat there playing with the food, pushing it around the plate. Arc took notice of this and looked at her worried. "You okay Shiro?" he asked.

"I'm just not hungry."

Sigh. "Alright, why don't you go rest then?"

She nodded and got up. Leaving half the crew confused and the other half worried. The most worried out of them all was Luffy. Why wasn't she eating? Shiro laid down on part of the floor that was covered in blankets, her bed. Slowly, she drifted into sleep. Her dream was terrible!

(Entering dream territory :P) Darkness...complete darkness. She was running, but from what? That was when the laughs of many men echoed behind her. "Leave me alone!" she yelled in the dream. Soon dark shadow-like kids appeared chasing her along with the laughing voices. A sudden stop when they disappeared and then her mother appeared in front of her. She was looking at her crying. A gun fire echoed and Shiro's mother fell to the ground next to her. "M-mom?" she stuttered. Her mother smiled weakly and waved her hand in a weak motion. Star-like dots appeared in the shape of an owl. The owl came to life and landed on Shiro's shoulder.

"Please...find it...and protect Shiro Arc...she has to be the first...to get it..." her mother said with her last breath and slowly died. Arc grabbed Shiro's hand with his owl talons. As they ran another gun shot was heard and it triggered her to wake up.

Shiro woke up sweat running down her back. She looked around and saw that Nami and Robin had already gotten into bed and slept soundly. The young girl snuck out of the room and went onto the deck. Leaning on the railing watching the stars until the dream came back to her. Tears began to build up and soon they fell down her face.

Luffy was woken up by footsteps outside. He got up and out of the room to see the figure of a woman by the rail. As he got closer, he realized it was Shiro again. Soon she turned around and Luffy could see the tears on her face. But she quickly wiped them off. "You okay Shiro? Why are you up so late again, I'm guessing it's from a dream." he asked.

She felt embarrassed that he saw her cry but she nodded. "Do you want to talk about it?" the captain asked. Taking a deep breath, she told him everything about the dream. When she was done new tears ran down her face. His face was darkened, eyes covered by his bangs. Suddenly he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a hug, wrapping his arms around her. Shiro buried her face into his chest. A hand raised her chin to get face-to-face with Luffy. His usual smile on his face.

"Just smile Shiro, never forget that." he said continuing to smile. She wiped the tears away and smiled. Soon their faces got closer and their lips crashed into each other.

Got any ideas for the next chapter after the kiss? Go ahead and tell me what you got! ^w^